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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Something to be Scared Of.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Kristeva, boys eventually resign themselves to the fact that they can never have their mothers' bodies out of fear of whom?
(a) God.
(b) Society.
(c) Their brothers.
(d) Their fathers.

2. Kristeva says Freud is successful in his treatment of the subject-object relation when he approaches it from the perspective of what?
(a) Love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Desire.
(d) Fear.

3. The drives of an individual can be divided into sexual drives and drives from the ego, according to what theory?
(a) Classic theory.
(b) Mood theory.
(c) Density wave theory.
(d) Climax theory.

4. Kristeva makes use of what complex to explain the genesis of the abject?
(a) Senex.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Anima.
(d) Puer.

5. What does Kristeva name as the chief features of the abject?
(a) Its ambiguity.
(b) Its universality.
(c) Its lucidity.
(d) Its explicitness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Phobias are irrational fears which have what?

2. What does Kristeva call it when a child is in a perfect equilibrium of desire and satisfaction?

3. According to Freud's Oedipal Triangle model, people constantly seek fulfillment and self-realization through some other object, referred to as what?

4. Who does Kristeva say is not directly involved when a child is weaned from his mother's breast?

5. In Chapter 1, Kristeva gives what kind of account of the abject?

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